Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-01
NEWS and NOTES.

The best modern SieFe guns cost
$751; co. and It cost 5000 to shoot one of the
only once.
General Saigo, Japanese minister of
war, who is on tour through Europe, speaks
nine languages.
There is snow-drift q mile long and
from fifteen to twenty feet high on the Connec-
| itCut Western Railroad.
The Chinese are said TO manufacture an
anRsthet'c not unlike cocaine In is action, and
| claim that the an9sthetic property is the juice
| of the eye of the frog.
A queer bill has passed the Wisconsin
Senate. Tt gist OF the proposed law is that
| convicted drunkards shall be sent to the State
| Asylum Tor the Insane.
The Duke of Westminster has prom
| ised to give. during the remainder of his life,
$4,000 year for the building OF new churches.
lie is now sixty years old.
KWoh Hao, the young Emperor of
China, who has been declareu cot age" at six
teen, has assumr the full reins of governm ent.
HE name signifies continuation Of Glory"
The Birmingham, Conn, Electric Light
Works were oyerrun with rats until the super
intendent had happy thought. To wires st
tached to dYnamos he fastened bits of meat and
scattered them about The rats nibbled and
were lost.
A Georgia farmer named Britt, living
near Canton, Ca, has discovered on parcel of
land which he recently sold to Philadelphia
man vein of garnet he stone Is of excel
lent color and almost entirely free from Otioer
mineral substances.
Old John Browns diary was taken
from him st Harper's Ferry with other parers,
and Is now in she possession Of the govern
Enent. In tn diary is list of the revolution
isJ's colleagues; and opposite Fred Douglass
name is the comment unreliable"
It Is said that there are 5000 other
Prussians besides the Emperor William who
are ninety years ofage and over. The German
physicians very gravely inform the public that
there is no reason why the Emperor shouldn't
live until he is 100 If he takes care Of himself.
The exercises of the Salvation Army
are Classed as ''shoWs" in Nevada City, Cal. The
classification came about THROUGH the action of
the army in charging small admission fee in
order TO keep out the hoo llums, whereupon the
authorities at once required them TO take out
license.
Mrs, Gordon, living near Mariana,
Ark. sent her little daughter Clara out to milk
the cows. When the pail was full the girl
reached over to pick 1t up, but ipped and fell
headlong into tn, milk. The warm fluid al
most ChOked mel, and she C me near dying be-
fore she could De resuscitated.
The sole relic OF previous admins
trations now retained in the culinary deuart-
ment of the White House is Jerry" Smith, q
tall, robust specimen of the genius AfriCanus
who came first into .iOIUTt. ty by reason Of his
skill in cooking terrspin. Clay, Cass, Webster,
Calhoun, Douglas, Ben Wade and host of BY
gone statesmen have all tasted of Jerry's skill.
A fine meteor was seen by several
Philsdelphians on last Monday Just after mid
night. 1t was described as being about half
the size of the full moon when at its height, as
clear as an electric light and with a traio which
Shad ed from light pink at the head to pur-
Pile at the end. There were numerous sparks
similar to those which would fall fro" a Roman
candle.
the new liquor legislation in Maine
\
revenue license is prIma facie evidence of ille-
gal sale under the state law, druggists being
allowed TO eep liquors for compromising medi-
ciUes without tax. Cider, which has heretofore
been excepted, ts now under the baa, and i'm
prisOnment is added as penalty for violation
of the prohibition law.
A few days ago William WEIGH, an esti-
mable farmer aged sixty five, living few miles
from Logan, Ohio, went out INTO 8 field 10
watch his son, who was drilling Data. y wind
storm came on an rails from the fences began
flying about, and the young man unhitched his
horses preparatory 10 returning to he house.
Looking back, he saw his father lying on the
ground, He did not regain consciousness. 1t
is supposed he was frightened to death.
The horses in the mountain camps Of
California are in winter provided with snow
shoes. The Nevada City Transc ipt thus de-
scribes these shoes; ''To make one of the shoes
you first take piece of rubber betting about
twelve inches l. diameter Fasten to one side
of it steel plate perforated that the calks of
the horses usual shoe VIII fit In IL. Then bv a
clamp fasten one of these with the rubber side
down securely to each foot of The animal"
The West Virginia Prohibition con-
ference, a call of which was recently issued by
the leading ProhibitiOnIsIs OF I'll parties, mes
on the 18th inst al ParkersburE. The purpose
of the conference was to adopt ways and means
by which to ca rry the amendment 90 the con
stiIutiOn prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of intoXic ting drinks in West Virginia, as
recently passed by the Legislature of the state.
ast.cs took prominent position in the move
ment
OF the amount of silver in existence |
81 COO coo 0C0 is estimated to be in coin and bull
lion, 81 200 go 001 In watches and the remainder
in plate. iewelry and ornaments. OF the |
amount in existence 81, 745,000,C 100 is estimated |
to have been obtained from North America. |
S73G COO 800 from South America, S63, 900 000 from
Europe, S47 coo coo from Africa and SSl 100000 |
from Asia. inclu ding Australia, New Zealand |
and Oceanica. The amount of she precious
metals in existence is estimated to be Sl3,974,
100000.
At Ann Arbor, Mich, last week, June
K. Kimnia of Aichi,Ken Japan, was married TO
Mary NJ, Gallagher, formerly of East Saginaw
The groom Is q bright faced, intelligent Jap
inese, under me .ium size, a fluent English
speaker and son of former rOysl physician,
The courtship lasted some time. The
,ride went to Ann HarbOr with a relative
Who was being treated at the hospital, where
The met Kinnia, who is a senior medical stu
lent. Only few of the brides friends were
present a. the marriage. kimnia has been six
ears in this country, and will be graduated in
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